Oceania competitions wrap – AS Vénus qualify for French cup with Coupe de Polynésie triumph

Tahiti’s domestic cup champions are crowned and Fiji’s top two stumble in this week’s Oceania competitions wrap. AS Vénus have won Tahiti’s Coupe de Polynésie for a third time in succession after a 2-0 win over AS Dragon over the weekend. Roonui Tehau’s powerful long-range strike opened the scoring at Stade Pater before Teaonui Tehau…

The OFC Women’s Nations Cup 2022 might be at the business end, but it was all fun and games for local footballers over the weekend at HFC Park in Suva. The second of OFC’s Girls Play festivals was held on the back fields before the WNC quarter-final action started on the main ground. Around 100…

The Solomon Islands have reached the semi-finals of the OFC Women’s Nations Cup 2022 after grinding out a 1-0 win over Tahiti at the HFC Bank Stadium in Suva, Fiji. Mary Maefiti’s moment of magic was all that separated the two nations as the Solomon Islands set up a semi-final clash with Fiji. While yesterday’s…

Host nation Fiji are through to the semi-finals of the OFC Women’s Nations Cup 2022 after overcoming a stubborn Cook Islands side at the HFC Bank Stadium in Suva, Fiji. Goals in either half from captain Sofi Diyalowai and vice-captain Luisa Tamanitoakula secured victory for the Kulas in front of an excited home crowd. Fiji…

Papua New Guinea are through to the semi-finals of the OFC Women’s Nations Cup 2022 after beating Tonga in surely one of the tournament’s greatest ever games at the HFC Bank Stadium in Suva, Fiji. PNG fought back from two goals down to lead in extra time, after Tonga stunned the top-ranked side with two…

Jayda Stewart’s second-half hat-trick illuminated the HFC Bank Stadium as Samoa beat New Caledonia 4-2 in an exciting OFC Women’s Nations Cup quarter-final in Suva, Fiji. Despite a brace from Sarah Uregei, New Caledonia were outdone by Stewart’s brilliance, after Samoa captain Monique Fischer had earlier given her side the lead. Four years ago, at…